Ok, so that little screw up with the Canon EF 16-35 F/2.8 continues to be a little more nerve wrecking. I printed out the shipping label from Amazon and sealed up the wrong lens back up and dropped it off with the client’s shipping and receiving department. I’ve done this a number of times and never had any problems. This time, the tracking number did not show up in the UPS yesterday evening as I had hoped, which wasn’t that big of a deal, maybe the UPS Ground truck only does one morning pickup. So, today I checked the UPS site a few times, and it still hasn’t showed up. Now, I am worried. I don’t want to deal with UPS & Amazon claiming that I’m trying to rip them off. Also, the lens is 1400$ on Amazon so they could charge me 1400$ x 2 since they shipped me two lenses and got 0 back. This would really really suck! I’m going to stop by the Shipping & Receiving tomorrow and check out what’s going on. Maybe the box is somewhere in the corner and the UPS guy didn’t see it.

Onto the good things…The lens I got today is indeed a Canon EF 16-35 f/2.8. It’s one sexy piece of glass if you ask me. A little shy of 1.5 pounds. I took some test shots but did not check the sharpness. Focusing is very quiet & very fast, as i would expect. Sample shots will probably appear sometime soon.

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Wow…The 16-35 f/2.8 from Amazon came today. I walked downstairs to the client’s shipping and receiving area and got the package. Got back to the lab and cracked the box open. The black/white/red box labeled Canon EF 16-35 f/2.8 was staring back at me. I opened up the lid and pulled out the warranty card which said 17-40 f/4. Confused, I pulled out the manual which also said Canon EF 17-40 f/4. Still unsure I pulled out the lens and looked at the rim. It also said 17-40 f/4. With disbelief I pulled out the packing slip and saw it say Canon 16-35 f/2.8.

Immediately I called Amazon and told them I need to return this item because the box is right but the items inside are not. I also asked them if they would cross-ship the replacement to me.

After all being said and done, Amazon did right by shipping me a replacement overnight. And letting me return the item. I’m surprised something like this would happen with a seller like Amazon.com. My theory is that Canon ran out of the 17-40 f/4 boxes and stuffed a few of the lenses into the 16-35 f/2.8 boxes. I mean, someone who didn’t know any better might have thought it was a better deal. I’d much rather opt for the inverse. A 16-35 f/2.8 in a 17-40 f/4 box.

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Amazon.com: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras: Camera and Photo
You purchased this item on February 21, 2006.

Very stoked. Now I have f/2.8 all the way from 16mm to 200m and f/4 from 140mm to 400mm. The only other thing I lust for now is the EF 600mm f/4 prime lense but it’s definitely out of my price range right now

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I had to drive down to Virginia today. I would have driven down on Sunday but President’s day allowed me to go today. Before I left I went and did some last minute shopping; apparently the LowePro LC-2 is large enough to fit a Canon 550EX which is great, I couldn’t figure out what pouch I needed to carry it safely. Also picked up a 77mm UV filter for protection. Now my carry-kit is a Canon 10D, 50mm f/1.8 MkII prime lens for low light situations, Canon 28-135 f/3.5-5.6, Canon 75-300 f/4-5.6 and a Canon 550EX with a Sto-Fen OmniBounce in a LowePro Toploader 75AW. The great thing is that it’s fairly compact, and I’m prepared for almost anything. I do want to replace the 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 with a Canon 24-105 f/4 but I want a Canon 16-35 f/2.8 first.

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